Suttle v. . Doggett
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Cleaveland Superior Court, before Eure, J. This action, begun on the 31st day of March, 1882, is brought by the plaintiff, as sheriff and treasurer of Cleave-land county, against the defendant Doggett, as tax collector for said county, and the other defendants, as the sureties on his official bond, given as such.
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Civil actioN tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Cleaveland Superior Court, before Eure, J. This action, begun on the 31st day of March, 1882, is brought by the plaintiff, as sheriff and treasurer of Cleave-land county, against the defendant Doggett, as tax collector for said county, and the other defendants, as the sureties on his official bond, given as such. After alleging the appointment of said Doggett to said office for the year 1876, and the execution of the bond, the complaint proceeds to state that a settlement was had between the said defendant and a committee approved by the board of…
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, J.
Every intendment that can be fairly made, should be made in support of the judge’s ruling. Therefore, though no copy of the account, alleged to have been stated between the parties, is sent with the transcript to this court, we still infer from the statement contained in the answer that it was in fact annexed to the answer, and showed the account to have been itemized ; or else, that the plaintiff accepted as true the statement that such a settlement had.been made and appeared of record on the books kept by the board of commissioners, and was willing that His Honor should upon that footing…
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